Middle School
Adjacent to Holland Elementary School are the 58 classrooms, gymnasium, and "café-nasium" that comprise Springfield Middle School. Once a "junior high school", Springfield Middle School is now configured with teacher teams called "Houses" that provide students in grade 6-8 with an organizational structure anchored by an interdisciplinary team approach to instruction. Core subject matter in taught within a smaller-sized per group of approximately 100 students per House. The Principal at Springfield Middle School is Mr. Matt Geha, who supervises a staff of 98 with support from Assistant Principals Mr. Jeff Pendry and Ms. Dana Damman.
In 1988, SJHS was expanded and connected to Holland Elementary. In the early 1990s with enrollment increasing and nowhere to expand current buildings, it was decided to split Holland Elementary into two schools and make SJHS a middle school. Since Holland was losing half of its enrollment and one whole grade, SJHS took over a portion of the school. The 1994-1995 school year was the first year the junior high included grade 6 and officially became Springfield Middle School.
Like SHS, the middle school's colors are blue and white and the mascot is the Blue Devil. While a junior high, it ran like a high school until 1991. In 1991 the school slowly started to run more like a middle school with teachers teaching in teams.
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